
Acid test for party chiefs
The Hindu
In a charged electoral atmosphere, the State chiefs of mainstream political parties that are leading the three coalitions are in a way facing an acid test in the State’s Assembly polls.
Incidentally, all three of them – KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran, CPI(M) acting State secretary A. Vijayaraghavan and BJP president K. Surendran – were at the helm in the three-tier local body elections in December 2020 as well. Perhaps the outcome of the polls would change the fate of the organisational structure of the Congress and the BJP, going by the past history of these parties. Usually the elections evaluate the leadership changeover in democratic polities.More Related News

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